The Maryland Terrapins had the Ohio State Buckeyes on the ropes in the first half Saturday, leading 10-0 before the Buckeyes made a run toward the end of the half to tie it at 10.
But the Terps had the opportunity to take the lead and the momentum going into halftime with a field goal, until their quarterback blew it.
With time running out, the Buckeyes got a huge roughing the passer call against them that allowed Maryland to move the ball into field goal range. But Terps QB Taulia Tagovailoa completed a pass across the middle when his team didn’t have any timeouts. Before Maryland could spike the ball, the clock expired.
A weird ending for a mostly good half by the Terps, who could have really stuck it to the Buckeyes by taking some momentum going into the second half.
The college football world had a lot to say about the mistake.
What the hell was he thinking?
— JGB (@jgbarratt) October 7, 2023
Dumb football.
— Marcus Wiegert (@coachwiegs) October 7, 2023
Tagovailoa with a freshman like play there. Poor clock management and no points hurts. Ohio State is gonna adjust at half and Maryland threw away too many chances.
— Mike Adkins (@Mike_Adkins95) October 7, 2023
If Maryland does end up losing by three points or less to Ohio State on Saturday, everyone will point to this play as the reason why.
